The Di Tommaso Family

Updates

2010-06-10T19:00:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone/anyone who has the patience to follow this very neglected blog. My work has been consuming lately, and balance has been difficult to achieve. School is out tomorrow! Zac is having an early B day party on the 12th. The kids and I will be traveling back east to Boston to visit my family from the 15-26th. We are very excited! For Zac's real b-day, we will be at Fenway park for a Red Sox game. We have lots of touring and fun planned. We will all have cameras, so photo journaling yet to come! This is Michele and I last summer at Jedediah Smith State Redwood Park in California.

The land of Hyster...

2010-02-21T14:02:00.000-08:00

As of Feb.3rd, good bye uterus! It has been a bumpy recovery, however. Intermittent fevers and pain that was increasing instead of steadily improving. After a major bleed out on Friday, my Dr. discovered that I have a plum sized hematoma internally near the incision site. It has infiltrated into the tissues, and if all goes well, it should just continue to drain and absorb. If not, I may need further invasive treatments: blood transfusion, return to the hospital for procedures and lastly return to the OR. :( This is not how I was expecting my recovery to go. So far, I've had the shitiest (is that how you spell that?) luck after surgery of any kind. I hope this will be the last.

In my state of continual do nothingness, I have read several books which have been good, and several movies which have been mediocre. I've read: The girl with the dragon tattoo, The Tapestries, Me talk pretty one day, The Kite Runner, and White Oleander. I may need to summons the library of a close friend for some more recommended reading.

Time is up, time to be a Mother while I have a good pain free moment. This blog was in despirate need of a reviving breath.

Love to all. M

Sometimes...

2009-03-08T22:53:00.000-07:00

Ella updates

2009-03-08T22:48:00.000-07:00

Ella has lost her first tooth (3/7/09), would like to intoduce her new cat, Princess, and show off some gymnastics. :)

2009-01-25T13:07:00.000-08:00

Tucson, Arizona

2009-01-25T12:55:00.000-08:00

In November, Ella and I were invited to visit our good friends~ the B's: Bernita, BreAnna, and Bianca. We had a fabulous time touring the sites, and seeing how our new found desert dwelling friends live.

2009-01-23T19:19:00.000-08:00

Check out our flickr site!

2009-01-23T19:13:00.000-08:00

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2009-01-23T18:29:00.000-08:00

So, in early October, we made the pilgrimage to the Mecca of all childhood commerical theme parks...the Disneyland! We met my brother, Elijah, and his wife from Washington there. Ella loved being atop Uncle E's 6ft+ shoulders, or holding his hand most of the time. Zac sported his Heeleys, and glided around whenever security was not looking. We had 5 full days there, so we were able to really abuse our feet, and take in everything we wished to do and see. We discovered that the Di Tommaso kids are huge thrill ride seekers, and something has changed within the inner ear of we, parents, which makes any subtle swinging motion nauseating! Thank you, pharmaceuticals! On our last day, for the grand firework finale, Zac and Ella were chosen out of a sea of tourists, to assist the fire dept. with testing the wind conditions prior to the event. Ella released a singe white balloon, which floated over the castle, and Zac got to radio a report to the Anaheim fire dept. We felt like we won a sweepstakes or something! (actually, I thought I was going to be arrested for committing some unknown Disneyland faux pas...it was me to be considered here)

Disneyland 2008

2009-01-19T19:22:00.000-08:00

The Dogs...aka Thing One and Thing Two

2008-05-27T18:44:00.000-07:00

Here is a bit of a before and after photo update of the "puppies". At almost 8 months, they are now huge adult looking dogs...but with all of those lovely puppy mannerisms. Despite neutering, they continue to have some aggression issues with each other, and are battling the Alpha position out. Zac is requesting the "Dog Whisperer" to come and help, because, as he has ascertained- Caesar is 1/2 dog. Anyone want a dog?

Kitchen Remodel

2008-05-27T18:36:00.000-07:00

After about a week of urban camping, and lots of dining out...the granite dust has cleared, and here's our new kitchen! We love it! The island had been modified to include an eating bar area- which Zac and Ella have happily claimed.

Zac's new smile

2008-05-26T18:01:00.001-07:00

After many attempts, and several tissues later...

Easter 2008

2008-05-26T15:39:00.000-07:00

Well, these are some around Easter shots of us. Ella sported a "bunny nest" hair-do, which looked so cute! And, somehow, Zac's tie ended up on his head. The make-up shot of me was after my first make-over at MAC.

This is us!

2008-05-26T15:27:00.001-07:00